The annual Audioscope festival in Oxford is undoubtably A Good Thing. A day of good bands in a nice venue and with all proceeds going to Shelter. I missed the first event last year so I was determined not to be so stupid this year and made my way there via the highly economical route of Glasgow-London-south of France-London-Oxford.

Anyway, this year's line-up was rather fantastic, featuring up and coming diskant hosted bands Cat on Form and Souvaris, fellow Scots Fighting Red Adair, local talent from Nought, Eeebleee, Dustball and Sunnyvale Noise Sub-element and some respected weirdo electronic pop from Pram and Appliance. So I turned up camera in hand, intending to capture the day's fun. That's until I offered my help at the merchandise stall and ended up being Appliance merch expert for the day. I still took some photos of the bands though so read on and re-live the day or feel like you were really there.

Let's Go!

photos and text by Marceline Smith
With thanks to Stu, Simon and the rest of the Audioscope Team